Calling All Comas! Queens of The Stone Age’s “I Appear Missing” Animated Video Revealed
Still from “I Appear Missing” video, artwork by Boneface
Following the cryptic surfacing of the likeclockwork.tv and its hazy semi-clues and then this week’s “Adult Swim” ad, Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled a trailer scored by three minutes of the never-before-heard “I Appear Missing,” which appears in its entirety on the band’s upcoming … Like Clockwork, out June 4 on Matador Records.
Sneak peak at …Like Clockwork artwork in honor of Record Store Day ~ Photo courtesy of facebook.com/QOTSA, art by Boneface
Showcasing disturbingly beautiful (or beautifully disturbing?) images from the boundless imagination of … Like Clockwork visual visionary, enigmatic UK artist Boneface (brought to life by animator Liam Brazier), “I Appear Missing” is a hypnotic journey into a nightmare-scape that adds illustrative dimension to another audio glimpse of the coming storm that is … Like Clockwork. Keep your eyes peeled on likeclockwork.tv to see what happens next…
Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” … Like Clockwork is the band’s first full length collection of all new material since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on new label partner Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now HERE and from iTunes HERE. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has been generating some early heat:
“ ****. The band’s most gloriously motorik chug since those early days… takes off like a trip to the Mushroom Planet as Homme croons about desert roads to nowhere and praises the sun like he never gets tired of staring at it… Breathe deep.” ~ Rolling Stone
“An appropriately gnarly 4/4 monster, recalling their hardest hitting early material. As Homme gazes in awe at the sun’s omnipresent embrace, rock die-hards have ample time to hail the Queens’ revival.” ~ Billboard
Queens of the Stone Age, April 1, 2013 in Buenos Aires ~ Photo by Nora Lezano and courtesy of facebook.com/QOTSA
… Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, CA.
Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman. Jon Theodore plays drums live (and on the new record’s title track). See below for tour dates and check back at the following for updates:
Queens of The Stone Age …Like Clockwork Live 2013
06/13/13 Interlaken, Swizerland Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop
06/15/13 Donington, UK Download Festival
06/21/13 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
06/22/13 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 Scheesel, Germany Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 Helsinki, Finland Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 Borlange, Sweden Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg Rock a Field Festival
07/02/13 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 Budapest, Hungary Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 Gdansk, Poland – Heineken Open¹er Festival
08/02/13 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
08/03/13 Bonner Springs, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/09/13 Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival